2005 Back to School Week game 2.
Dylan Smith — from the Bronx, New York
Brady Newell — from Derwood, Maryland
Madison Ball — from Montgomery, Texas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison | $200 | $4,600 | $13,400 |
$18,799
Winner: $18,799 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy! |
$13,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Brady | $-400 | $200 | $-5,000 |
$-5,000
3rd place: $1,000 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy! |
$-5,000
8 R, 10 W |
| Dylan | $1,600 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
$1,000
2nd place: $2,000 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy! |
$6,000
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY | WARNER BROS. ANIMATION | THE SOLAR SYSTEM | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY | GOIN' MOBILE | "OFF" THE BEATEN PATH |
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$200
[26]
In 1492 this man landed on the island of San Salvador & came in contact with Native Americans called Arawaks
Columbus
Madison
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$200
[1]
Thisclassic Warner Bros. animated duo helps Granny solve mysteries
Sylvester & Tweety
Brady
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$200
[6]
In the 1600s his findings like the phases of Venus made this Italian think maybe the sun is what stuff revolves around
Galileo
Brady
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$200
[11]
J-10--miss!H-5--hit!One more hit in this game & I'll have sunk your title vessel
Battleship
Dylan
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$200
[14]
On the highway this co.'s Corolla gets 40 mpg, its Land Cruiser, 17 (it'll be important to you one day, trust me)
Toyota
Dylan
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$200
[20]
Starbucks & most parents couldn't survive without this drink
coffee
Madison
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$400
[27]
The Pawtuxet Indian known as Squanto is famous for teaching the Pilgrims how to plant this crop aka maize
corn
Madison
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$400
[2]
Thesetitle crime fighters all live together in a tower that might be even messier than your room
the Teen Titans
Madison
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$400
[7]
Ares Vallis is one of the larger channels on the surface of this planet
Mars
Madison
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$400
[12]
In 1985 Russian computer scientist Alexey Pajitnov created this maddening video game that features blocks
Tetris
Madison
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$400
[17]
S. Dak., Alaska, Wyo. &, obviously, Hawaii are the only 4 states not on this natl. train co.'s passenger route map
Amtrak
Brady
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$400
[21]
You'll want to visit this building to send a parcel or letter
the post office
Brady
Dylan
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|
$600
[28]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew brings a Native American artifact for show and tell.) Warring tribes often used this ceremonial item to try to settle their differences
a peace pipe
Madison
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$600
[3]
Mechanikat is one of the evil adversaries of this new breed of superhero seen here
Krypto the Superdog
Dylan
|
DD
$800
[8]
Using Newton's laws of motion, astronomer Edmund Halley determined that these travel in elliptical orbits
comets
Madison
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$600
[13]
Spinning the Wheel of Fate in this game can take you to Millionaire Estates, or you can end up in Countryside Acres
Life
Brady
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$600
[18]
On May 20, 1927 at 7:52 A.M., Charles Lindbergh took to the skies of New York in this plane
The Spirit of St. Louis
Madison
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$600
[22]
Term for working on a computer that is not on the network
offline
Madison
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| — |
$800
[4]
Gaining his powers from exposure to mutagenetic gas, he's the African-American teen superhero seen here
Static Shock
Dylan
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$800
[9]
On Jan. 14, 2005 the Huygens Probe soft-landed on this largest moon of Saturn; photos reveal its surface to be orange
Titan
Brady
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$800
[15]
This "game for your whole brain" features a big purple brain in the center of the game board
Cranium
Madison
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$800
[19]
In 2005 Dan Wheldon led a 1-2-3-4 finish at the Indy 500 for cars made by this co., known for its Accord & CR-V
Honda
Brady
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$800
[23]
It's the first play of a football game
a kickoff
Dylan
|
| — |
$1,000
[5]
Monks in training battle villains for sacred, ancient objects on this action-packed program
Xiaolin Showdown
Dylan
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$1,000
[10]
Consisting of a continuous flow of gases from the sun, its top speed may reach 2.25 million miles per hour
solar wind
Madison
Dylan
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$1,000
[16]
"Pop in the shapes fast or out they'll blast" is what can happen in this "flawless" game for kids
Perfection
Dylan
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$1,000
[25]
On May 10, 1869, No. 119 & the Jupiter were the 2 trains head-to-head when this golden item was hammered home
a spike
Madison
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$1,000
[24]
It's the first play of a basketball game
a tip-off
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| THE HUMAN BODY | MUSICAL THEATRE | ON THE MAP | PRESIDENTIAL FAMILIES | ENCYCLOPEDIA: BROWN | AUTUMN WORDS |
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$400
[7]
Of 103, 206 or 412, the total number of bones in the adult body
206
Brady
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$400
[2]
It's the show in which Simba sings "I Just Can't Wait To Be King"
The Lion King
Madison
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$400
[18]
Due to use of the magnetic type of this device in the Middle Ages, mapmakers started putting north at the top of maps
a compass
Madison
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$400
[22]
This third president had siblings who were fraternal twins
Thomas Jefferson
Madison
Brady
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$400
[16]
The Encyclopedia of American Comics called Charlie Brown of this comic strip a "likable loser"
Peanuts
Dylan
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$400
[1]
Building this type of large outdoor fire has been an autumn tradition for centuries
a bonfire
Madison
|
|
$800
[8]
Digestion begins in the mouth, where this secretion breaks down starches into sugars
saliva
Dylan
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$800
[3]
Phil Collins wasn't a star yet when he played this young pickpocket in the London stage production of "Oliver!"
the Artful Dodger
Madison
Brady
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$800
[19]
Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator is said to have invented this word for a map collection
an atlas
Brady
|
— |
$800
[17]
World Book tells us that the brown recluse is one of these with a violin-shaped mark on its back
a spider
Brady
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$800
[12]
A prayer of this is one that expresses gratitude, not always over turkey & stuffing
thanksgiving (thanks accepted)
Brady
|
|
$1,200
[9]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads.) When you make a muscle, you can track the two-headed upper arm muscle called this
biceps
Madison
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$1,200
[4]
This Dr. Seuss-inspired musical sort of rhymes with "musical"
Seussical: The Musical
Madison
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$1,200
[20]
A U.S. county's equivalent of a capital, it's often shown on maps as a dot inside a circle
the county seat
Madison
Brady
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— |
$1,200
[24]
"Cooking A to Z" tells us that brown sugar is a mixture of white sugar & this thick syrup, which gives it its color
molasses
Madison
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$1,200
[13]
A small bite, a small sip or a touch of cold in the air one autumn night
nip
Dylan
|
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$1,600
[10]
Your body's largest joint is this one that's capped by a bone called the patella
your knee
Dylan
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$1,600
[5]
Thismusical has it all: cute kids named Jeremy & Jemima, a truly scrumptious leading lady &, oh yes, aflying car
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Madison
|
$1,600
[21]
There are lines of latitude called this of Cancer & this of Capricorn
Tropics
Brady
|
— |
$1,600
[25]
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, his raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 made him a martyr to the anti-slavery cause
John Brown
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$1,600
[14]
Puff the Magic Dragon "frolicked in" this "in a land called Honah Lee"
the autumn mist
Brady
|
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$2,000
[11]
Elastic tissue called this forms the auricle; that's the outside of your ear
cartilage
Madison
Dylan
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$2,000
[6]
"Annie" is based on a comic strip; "Annie Get Your Gun" is based on this real-life girl who "shot" to fame in the 1800s
Annie Oakley
Brady
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$2,000
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew traces lines on a globe.) Two of these meet around the poles to form what's called a great circle around the Earth
the meridians
Madison
Brady
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— | — |
DD
$2,000
[15]
Though it has a different number in our calendar, its name comes from the Latin for "eight"
October
Dylan
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Chapter 1 of this book describes "a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those… whirlwinds arose"
The Wizard of Oz